Window construction



March 4 1924. 1,485,901

7 F. A. YEAGER wnwow CONSTRUCTION Filed March 1 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1lnuenfor March 4 1924. 1,485,901

F. A. YEAGER' WINDOW CONSTRUCTION File d March 14 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Mar. I

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FAY A. YEAGER, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN;

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed March 14, 1922. 3 Serial NIL-543,606.;

' To dz whom it may concern: Be it known that .I, FAY A. YEAGER, a

citizen of the United Statesof America, re-

siding at Muskegon, in the county of Mus-- l kegon and State-ofMichigan,have invented certainnew and useful 'lmprovements 1n Window.Construction; and I do hereby declare the following to'lbe. a full,clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to makeandjuse the same.

This inventionrelates to a window construction adapted to be placed in awindow openingin a house or the like, in which 16 eithersections ofglass-or screen may be detachably secured, the same being readily reamovable for interchanging at different seasons of the year, or at anyother times when desired. It is an object and purpose of the inventionto construct a frame in which said glass or screenmay be detachablyheld, the frame being made entirely from sheet metal at a low cost, andthe means used for detachably securing the glass or screen sec- 2 tionsbeingsimple, economical to make and sure and positive in action. Otherobjects and purposes, relatingto a practical,v eflicient', and durablewindow frame construction, will appear as understanding of the'invention is had from the following description, taken in connectionwlththe accompanying drawings, inwhich, I

F1g. 1 is a front elevation of the window construction, partsbeingbroken away. and

in section to better disclose the construction.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the window frame. Fig. 3'is a transversesection substantially onthe plane of line 3-3, of Fig. 1. b

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view and section showing the means used fordetachably- Fig. 7 is an elevation of the screen panels used, and 1 Fig.8 is a like new of the glass panels used.

' Like reference characters refer to like in the difierent figures ofthe drawings.

. The outer frame of the window construc tion is rectangular'in shape,the sides including parts let each end being bent at right angles for ashort distance to make sections 2 in each of which a short slot 3 iscut.

The frame members are of angle formation,

a flange 4 being integral with and extending inwardly from the 'side 1and, similarly flanges 5 extend inwardly from the sections 2 and underthe ends of the flanges 4 which I ual .to the thickness I of the flange5 so that anges 4 and 5 lie in Such raised portions are;

are raised a distance the same plane. shown at. 6.

the main portions" of the flanges 7 and 8 in the same planes therewith.Each of the. parts 7 a has an opening 9 therein designed to come intoconjunction with the openings made by slots 3 when the frame members are7o The upper and lower cross members of the frame are also of angleformation, havassembled. The frame is adapted to be placed in anopening, the sidesof which are -made by vertical casing members 10 andthe upper and lower ends by casing members 11,

screws 12. passing through openings 9 and slots 3 and into the memberslladjaccnt each corner of the frame. The slots at 3 permit a limitedvrange of adjustment for not all bein of'exact. size.

A vertica bar divides the frame substantially midway between its sides;This bar is made from sheet metal bent longitudinally at.its middle tomake two contacting portions 13, each being bent outwardly to form aflange 14, the flanges extending in .opposite' directions. At its endsthe metal is formed into sleeves 15 open atone end,

a slot 16 beingcut through-and lengthwise of each sleeve at its outerside. In each sleeve a'bolt 17 is slidably mounted, having an operatingpin. 18 connected' thereto an extending through the slot 16 in thesleeve with which it is associated. These bolts are adapted to passthrough openings in the flanges -7 and into sockets made in the casplacein the frame with its flanges 14jlying,

variations in sizes of windows, the openings bolt 24 is slidablymounted, it having an operating pin 25 projecting through the slot 23.Thisbolt with the slidable mounting thereof is identical with bolt 17and its mount and is designed to pass through an opening in the part 1of the side bars of the frame and into suitable sockets in the casingmember 10. The inner ends of the cross bars thus made are partly cutaway and slotted, as indicated at 26 for engagement with the. headedpins 19,'the disconnected parts being shown in Fig. 5 in position forready connection when desired. In fact it is very easy to connect ordisconnect all of the intermediate frame bars from the outer framewithout use of tools, the. asse1nbly being very easily attained, as isobvlous.

The frame as made is adapted to receive glass or screen panels in thefour open spaces in the frame. The screen section 26 is placed in aframe of metal having sides 27 and-upper and lower ends 28, the framebeing of a size such that it freely enters between the sides 1 and part13 and betweenv the ends 7 and the part 20, lying against theflanges-4,14 and 2].. Headed pins 29 are attached to and extend from thesides 1 and the parts 13 on which wedging locking members are slidablyand detachably mounted. I These locking members are made from sheetmetal including a plate 30 from which a bottom 31 is turned atright'angles while an end 32 is also turned at right angles at one endof the plate 30. An inclined slot 33 is cut in the plate 30, at one endbeing enlarged, as indicated at 34 for the passageof the heads of pins29 in applying the locking members thereto. ,By moving the lockingmembers in one direction, the bases 31 thereof may be wedged against thesides 27 of the screen panels, thus serving to ,securely hold them inposition. ,on move- -ment in the opposite direction, the panels arereleased, and if desired may be removed on removal of thelockingmembers, or one of them for each panel, it being. obvious thatthe screen panels may thus be placed in the main frame and left as longas desired, being removable whenever ,desired.

In. case the frame is to be equipped. with glass panels, in place of thescreen panels the same areconstructed as shown inFig.

8, the rectangular section 35 of glass being finished at its edges withborder strips 36, preferably of rubber. easily substituted for thescreen replacing the other, as is clear.

From the foregoing it is evident that a The glass panels are panels onevery simple and economically constructed window frame construction isprovided adapted for use at all seasons of the year, obviating theplacing of an additional screen construction within the window in thesummer time, and when once secured in a window opening being left therepermanently, -the screen and glass panels beinginterchanged at differentseasons. All of the frame may be filled with either the screen or theglass panels, or partly filled with each. The frame may be adjusted Ithe invention which is defined in the appended vclaims and I consider myinvention to include all such modifications as come within the scope ofthe said claims.

I claim:

1. A construction of the class described comprising a rectangular framehaving parallel sides and ends of angle cross section,

each side and end having an inwardly extending flange, division membersdividing the space within the frame into substantially equal sections,said division members having oppositely extending flanges lying insubstantially the same plane with the flanges of the sides and ends ofthe frame,

means at the ends of the division members for detachably connecting thesame to the frame and certain of the division members I over saidflanges whereby members of glass or screen may be secured in the frameagainst said flanges, or readily removed therefrom; i

2. A construction of the class described comprising a rectangular framehaving parallel sides and ends of angle cross section,

each side and end having an inwardly extending flange, division membersof T- shaped cross section dividing the space in the frame intosubstantially equal sections, one of said division members lying betweenand paralleling the sides of the frame and of the frame and each side ofthe first di-' ing panel'sv of glass or same plane with the flanges ofthe sides and ends of the frame, and movably and detachably mountedlocking members on the sides vision member mounted over the flangesthereof for detachably securing filling members in said sections of theframe against the said flanges of the frame and division members.

3. A construction of the class described, comprising an open framehaving sides and ends, means permitting the adjusting of the sides ofthe frame limited distances toward or away from each other, divisionmembers dividing the space within the frame into substantially equalsections, and means adjustably mounted on the frame and certain of thedivision members for detachably securscreen Within said sections of theframe, substantially as de scribed.

4. In a construction of the class described, in combination with awindow casing of rectangular shape having sides and upper and lowerends, a frame located within said opening comprising end members andside members having end portions turned toward and overlapping the endsof the end members-screws passing through said end lportions of the sidemembers and the ends of the end members of the frame into. the'upper andlower ends of the window casing, vertical and horizontal divisionmembers dividing the space within the frame into' sections, saiddivision members having detachable connection to the frame and to each athe passage of other, and means on the sides of the frame" 5. Aconstruction containing the elements incombination as defined in claim4, said ends of the end members of the frame being slotted for shortdistances for the said screws therethrough.

6; In a construction of the class described, an open rectangular framehavin sides and ends of angle cross section with anges projectinginwardl from each side and end of the frame, adivision member. ofT-shaped cross section paralleling the sides of the frame and locatedsubstantially midway between the same, means at the ends ,of saiddivision member for detachably connecting the same to the ends of theframe, two cross longitudinally division members also of T-shaped'cross-sec-' tion located in alinement between the sides ofthe frame andthe first division member substantially midway between the ends of theframe, means .at the ends of the cross division members for detachablyconnecting the same to said first division member and the sides of theframe, said flanges of the.

frame, and flanges of the division members serving as a backing for.fillingmembers placed thermigainst, and means movably mounted on theframe and the division members for detachably locking the fillingmembers in place. i I

In testimony whereof I aflix iny signature.

FAY A.-YEAGER.

